Know your Aalsmeer Gold from your Abailard, your Zenoria from your Zigeunerblut. Written by an international team of experts and illustrated with some 2,000 color photographs, this large volume is an authoritative, indexed, A-to-Z reference for more than 4,000 different garden roses—Chinas, teas, Floribundas, dwarfs, climbers, Polyanthas, shrubs, English roses—along with the most important wild varieties. The descriptions accompanying each individual species of rose contain detailed information on shape, color, growth, and flowering traits, and the book provides a substantial index, breeder list, and reference table.